From: Brian Jones <brianjones@worcester.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,alt.acting,rec.arts.theatre.misc,rec.arts.theatre.plays,rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft,rec.arts.theatre.musicals
Subject: RESULT: new newsgroup uk.culture.arts.theatre PASSES 59:6
	(was uk.local.glasgow)
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:52:33 GMT
Message-ID: <result-uk.culture.arts.theatre-FH4E4D.29D@clw.cs.man.ac.uk>

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Greetings 

  I made a mistake in the "subject" in the message sent out
previously, the result refers to uk.culture.arts.theatre, not
uk.local.glasgow as was sent out!

  My apologies for the error.

Brian

     Result of CFV for new newsgroup uk.culture.arts.theatre
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Summary
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        Yes Votes:      59
        No Votes:        6
        Abstain:         2

Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 22nd August 1999

Proponent: Jeremy McNeill (jezza@hotwells.freeserve.co.uk)
Votetaker: Brian Jones <brianjones@worcester.demon.co.uk

Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, alt.acting, 
rec.arts.theatre.misc, rec.arts.theatre.plays, 
rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft, rec.arts.theatre.musicals

The Result
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  The YES vote of 59, is 53 votes greater than the 6 NO votes.
This is greater than the 12 votes required by the rules so the 
vote to create the group succeeds.



Votes in favour
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Alan Salmon            alan~asalmon#cix#co#uk              YES
Alan Staniforth        alan~apollonia#org                  YES
Alastair French        Alastair#French~scfnet#f9#co#uk     YES
Alex Dawson            virgin#net9~virgin#net              YES
Allan Beetlestone      {A}~beetlestone#demon#co#uk         YES
Andrew Coulton         Andrew_Coulton~proscenia#clara#net  YES
Andy Broomsgrove       abroomsg~cix#co#uk                  YES
Andy Mabbett           andy~pigsonthewing#demon#co#uk      YES
Andy Roberts           andyrobts~zetnet#co#uk              YES
Barry Salter           ukvotes~salterg#demon#co#uk         YES
Bill Donald            wdonald~ibm#net                     YES
Boz Temple-Morris      darukane~dircon#co#uk               yes
Carol Healas           ca~healas#freeserve#co#uk           YES
Charles Anthony        Charles~backstage#demon#co#uk       YES
Chris Croughton        chris~keris#demon#co#uk             YES
Chris Higham           chris#higham~bigfoot#com            YES
dave (epideictic)      ukvoting~epideictic#freeuk#com      YES
DAVID HADLEY           david~dhadley#demon#co#uk           YES
David Lewis            David~nodanw#demon#co#uk            YES
Edward King            eaking~ulape#demon#co#uk            YES
Gavin Short            gavin~oldham123#freeserve#co#uk     YES
Geoff (Blade Runner)   black-dog~geocities#com             YES
Ian Bruno              bruno~ccdc#cam#ac#uk                YES
Ian Grey               ian~delicolor#co#uk                 YES
Isobel Gray            grayab441xd~ukonline#co#uk          yes
J#L#Ellisom (JLE)      scarts~freeuk#com                   YES
jamess                 jamess~jamess#force9#co#uk          YES
Jennifer Barber        jlbarber~mindspring#com             YES
Jezza                  jezza~hotwells#freeserve#co#uk      YES
John Armstrong         john#armstrong10~virgin#net         YES
John Davies            john~redwoods#demon#co#uk           YES
Jon Harley             Jon#Harley~warwick#ac#uk            YES
K Richard Whitbread    richard#whitbread~tesco#net         YES
Keith Yarwood          keith#yarwood~bristol#ac#uk         Yes
Kye Valongo            admin~ukwriters#com                 YES
Malcolm Mladenovic     mbm~acm#org                         YES
Matthew Winn           matthew~mwinn#powernet#co#uk        YES
neil p chue hong       npch~tardis#ed#ac#uk                YES
Nick Meredith          nick#m~zetnet#co#uk                 YES
Nigel Worsley          nigle~ukonline#co#uk                YES
Ole Stigaard           Ole#Stigaard~get2net#dk             YES
Paul Burden            paulb~undertow#demon#co#uk          YES
Pens nest              pensnest~globalnet#co#uk            YES
PETER HUSSEY           vtos~tinet#ie                       Yes
Peter Lathan           peter~schoolshows#demon#co#uk       YES
Peter Slavid           slavid~vossnet#co#uk                YES
Philip Powell          philip~blencathra#demon#co#uk       YES
Ross Hamilton          rossh~clara#net                     YES
Sarah Reeson           sarah~gubbins#net                   YES
Simon Dunmore          Simon#Dunmore~btinternet#com        YES
Simon Waldman          swaldman~bigfoot#com                YES
Steve Wright           steve~wrightnet#demon#co#uk         YES
Thelma Good            thelma~good1#demon#co#uk            Yes
Tim Gowen              tim~equipoise#demon#co#uk           YES
Tim Miller             tim~poyningsclose#freeserve#co#uk   YES
Timothy Nathan         tnathan~artifaxsoftware#com         YES
Tom Snell              tom#snell~btinternet#com            YES
yull                   yull~freeuk#com                     yes

Votes against
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E S Kramer             ESKramer~IEEE#org                   NO
Jacob Hale Russell     jrussell~world#std#com              NO
Martin Theobald        m#theobald~virgin#net               NO
Michael Callery        mcallery~earthlink#net              No
Tobias Erle            vote-uk~kholdan#snafu#de            no
Tom Baldwin            tom#baldwin~techpages#net           NO

Abstentions
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James Farrar           james~moosebox#demon#co#uk          ABSTAIN
simon gray             simon~star-one#org#uk               ABSTAIN



SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:

The RFD was posted on 30/6/1999 to uk.net.news.announce,
uk.net.news.config, alt.acting, rec.arts.theatre.misc,
rec.arts.theatre.plays, rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft and
rec.arts.theatre.musicals

A discussion then followed in uk.net.news.config until 10/7/1999.  One
(apparently) North American poster stated that she would be sad to
lose British posters to ratm. Follow ups to this post pointed out that
the new group would not be exclusive, just a forum from the UK
perspective. Six other posters offered support.  Questions about
possible future sub groups were raised and answered by myself pointing
out that it would be best to get the main (base) group established
first.  Future sub groups could be formed after suitable RFD processes
as and when there was a demand.
As there had been no hostile postings I requested a fast track on July
12th which was turned down by the committee on 23/7/1999.


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                   RFD for uk.culture.arts.theatre

NEWSGROUPS LINE
uk.culture.arts.theatre         The discussion of theatre in the UK

PROPONENT.
Jeremy McNeill     jezza@hotwells.freeserve.co.uk

RATIONALE.
The UK theatrical community has an ever increasing presence
online.  The existing groups in the rec.arts.theatre.* hierarchy
are inevitably heavily dominated by North American postings.
The time has come to create a forum for discussion of theatre
in the UK.


CHARTER.
uk.culture.arts.theatre is for the discussion of all matters
pertaining to professional and amateur theatre in the UK.
These would include management, promotion, direction, casting,
acting, agents, stage management, plays, musicals, play writing
and other topics. If traffic becomes heavy then subgroups may
be created.

Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions: Suppliers
of goods and services relevant to professional and amateur
theatre in the UK may post, not more than once every 3 months,
an invitation of four lines or fewer, to visit their web site or
request details. The subject line should begin  ADVERT: except for
vacancy adverts, when it should begin JOB: or if relevant CASTING:

Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) are
forbidden.  Such material belongs on a web or ftp site to which
a pointer may be posted.  Cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP)
may be used where authentication is important and should be as
short as possible.

Posts must be readable as plain text.  HTML, RTF and similarly
formatted messages are prohibited. To see how to make your news
reader comply with this, read http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html


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This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UKVoting.
UKVoting is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFVs in
the uk hierarchy.  The rules under which this vote is taken are posted
regularly to uk.net.news.announce or can be found at the following URL:
ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting 

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Brian Jones                                 Worcester, United Kingdom
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